Two years after Vista launch, 71% of business PCs still running XP

Re:Two years after Vista launch, 71% of business PCs still r... by revorad on Monday February 02, 2009 @06:46PM (#463157)

Thanks, those links look great.

You're lucky with the gf mate. Mine just keeps asking me, "What are these secret clever things you keep doing with the computer?"

The reason I want to move away from Windows is to learn more about how Linux works and use it to do more fun things. I've used Ubuntu a few times and I liked it. But I find because it's deliberately aimed at non-geeks, it has too much fluff.

And that's why I like xfce. It's a really minimal, simple desktop - less distraction for me. You should try it.

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Re:Two years after Vista launch, 71% of business PCs still r... by joeyo on Monday February 02, 2009 @08:51PM (#463331)

And "minimal" here doesn't mean something necessarily aimed at power users like fluxbox, ratpoison or awesome.

I've always thought of xfce as a sort of gnome-lite-- it looks just as pretty and has all the gui toolbars and widgets that you would expect, but uses a tiny fraction of the resources. It's a great desktop environment for laptops and older computers.

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